The waterway from Moore Haven to Fort Myers is wide and deep with little in the way of obstacles or challenges. One recent comment on this trip was whether or not we felt bored or lacked any excitement traveling along the many canals that interconnect …
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Clean as a Baby's Bum
Yup that’s our boat bottom. Diver Mike did a dandy job of making CK clean and slick for our departure next week. With the barnacles off our rudder and prop we should increase out knots which we may need as next week the forecast is for high winds, li…
Key West Trip May 26, 2011
Key West (Continued…)
Titusville To The Big Lake
It was really great to spend a day with our good friend and rest up a bit. Even with the requirement to hose off the decks 3 times a day to clear the love bugs. In all of our years of traveling the ICW and driving back and forth to Florida, we have ne…
Shallow Waters and Strong River Currents, Plus Missed Anchorages
At our appointed time, we left the docks and headed south into the state of Florida. It was really good to be back and the weather was improving, albeit still windy from the south. We had considered running outside from Fernandina to St. Augustine, but…
Looks Like Pineapple To Me
I still have one mitten to go on my test knitting. I’m sorely over due, but mid way I decided to switch from bamboo DPN’s to the Magic Loop method and had to order on line and await the delivery. It makes it challenging with out a LYS. I have appreci…
Heading South At Warp Speed
When we last left off, we were at the docks in Southport, North Carolina. After leaving the marina, we saw some interesting and unusual sites, transited a whole bunch of Sounds, met old friends, visited our former home and covered a lot of water …
A Roller Coaster Ride
Feeling a bit relieved that we were missed by the storms and tired from lack of a good night’s rest, we slept in another hour and were finally underway at around 7 AM. The trip on the ICW was a fast one since we were on a falling tide. That falling tid…
Storms On The Horizon
The day was pretty much perfect for cruising the ICW. It was warm but not too warm and the winds were light to moderate. This section is protected waters so we were not concerned that the weather would turn. Besides, the Weather Service forecast a nice…
Diver Mike
Diver Mike just came by to check our bottom. It looks good, the zinc is fine but our rudder and prop have lots of barnacles. Which isn’t a surprise since every time Al put the RPMs closer to 2000 we got a vibration. We gave Mike the go ahead to work …
